Michigan Today has a video and brief article on long-time Michigan diving coach Dick Kimball (1959, 1960MA). Many will remember that Kimball had an illustrious diving career, including winning the NCAA springboard championships (1 and 3 meter) in 1957 and the professional world diving championship in 1963. (Professional diving? Yep.)

Kimball's son Bruce was an Olympian whose career largely tracked Greg Louganis's - unfortunately Bruce was involved in a horrible automobile accident (Bruce was at fault) that overshadowed an illustrious diving career of his own. Bruce won a silver medal in 1984. [Edit - had it as 1992 in original]

Other notable Olympians under Kimball's direct coaching included gold medalists Bob Webster (1960 and 1964), Micki King (1972), Phil Boggs (1976) and Mark Lenzi (1992). Kimball was a fixture around Ann Arbor throughout his coaching career, and by the looks of the video is still coming in at about a 9.5 out of 10 on the Red Berenson I May Be Seventy-Something Years Old But I Can Still Kick Your Ass, Son Scale (RBIMBS-SYOBICSKYAS Scale - for short).

Kimball was a strong proponent of women's swimming and diving, and volunteered as an assistant coach after his retirement.

A nice salute to a great member of the Michigan family. And the video is terrific, showing he's still a great athlete. [Edit - now with embed!]